r/emergencymedicine • u/Asleep-Palpitation43 Nurse Practiciner • Feb 02 '25

Advice Allergy Olympics

Is it wrong that if I see a patient has more than 10 allergies I IMMEDIATELY assume she's (bc it's always a she) a psych case?

In 24 years I've never been wrong.

You'll never read this in a textbook but add it to your practice today and thank me later👍

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u/Comprehensive_Ant984 Feb 02 '25

Honestly just makes me sad for the people who do legitimately have those conditions and need help. Those “sickfluencers” end up being those patients real worst enemy.

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u/JHRChrist Feb 02 '25

Exactly! I wouldn’t care at all if it weren’t for that exact outcome - well that and the drain on already very overtaxed resources/abuse they inflict on medical professionals.

Weird people online - awesome. Actually ill people (which OP may be, what do I know I shouldn’t jump to conclusions) - I wish them the best.

It’s the “trendiness” of it, the attention seeking, self-righteous, doctor-shopping joke that is much of the “chronic illness” community that deserves ridicule. They are actively damaging their supposed cause. Drives me up the wall man. But it can be good for a laugh.